Turning Points in Solid-State, Materials and Surface Science

A Book in Celebration of the Life and Work of Sir John Meurig Thomas

: DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183
Kenneth D M Harris (Editor), Peter P Edwards (Editor)
ISBN (online): 978-1-84755-818-3
ISBN (print): 978-0-85404-114-5
Copyright: 2007

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Front matter DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP001 (204Kb)		Full Access
Foreword DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP005 (40Kb)		Full Access
Preface DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP007 (56Kb)		Full Access
Contents DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP013 (57Kb)		Full Access
Curriculum Vitae, Awards and Honours of Sir John Meurig Thomas DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP020 (56Kb)		Full Access
Contributors DOI: 10.1039/9781847558183-FP025 (61Kb)		Full Access
Chapter 1. Voyages with the Master	3	License Access
Chapter 2. Multifaceted Studies of Zeolites and Other Catalytic Materials	13	License Access
Chapter 3. The Deductive Approach to Chemistry, a Paradigm Shift	22	License Access
Chapter 4. Future Energy Materials: Three Challenges for Materials Chemistry	51	License Access
Chapter 5. Structural Diversity and Potential Applications of Metal–Organic Coordination Polymers	76	License Access
Chapter 6. Elucidating Crystal Growth in Nanoporous Materials: The Importance of Microscopy	95	License Access
Chapter 7. Exploration of New Porous Solids in the Search for Adsorbents and Catalysts	123	License Access
Chapter 8. Concerning the Solid State Packing of [(Bu^tCO₂)₃M₂]₂(μ-9,10-anthracenedicarboxylate) Compounds (M = Mo or W) and Other Matters	138	License Access
Chapter 9. High Pressure and High Temperature Oxidation in the IrSr₂RECu₂O₈ Family of Cuprates: The Disordered Multiple Perovskite (A_1/3 A′_2/3)(B_1/3 B′_2/3)O_3−x Phases	151	License Access
Chapter 10. Melting and Amorphisation	165	License Access
Chapter 11. Computer Modelling in Solid-State Chemistry	180	License Access
Chapter 12. Towards a Catalogue of Designer Zeolites	208	License Access
Chapter 13. Discovering New Crystal Architectures	221	License Access
Chapter 14. Chemical Modulations in Pb–Bi Sulfosalts: A Glimpse at Minerals in Solid-State Chemistry	239	License Access
Chapter 15. Complexity: In the Eye of the Beholder (This Beholder is a Crystallographer)	250	License Access
Chapter 16. Synthesis and Characterization of Zn-T-Sites in Mazzite	258	License Access
Chapter 17. Anything Protons Do, Muons Do Better!	271	License Access
Chapter 18. Molecular Cohesion and the Structure of Organic Crystals	285	License Access
Chapter 19. Aperiodicity in Organic Materials	302	License Access
Chapter 20. From the Synthesis of Acetylenic Natural Products to Seeing the Light with Polymers	334	License Access
Chapter 21. Molecular Recognition within One-Dimensional Channels	346	License Access
Chapter 22. FTIR Study of Short Range Mobility in Some Crystalline Peroxides: Solid-State Rotational Isomerism of CO₂	362	License Access
Chapter 23. From ‘Nature’ to an Adventure in Single-Site Epoxidation Catalysis	385	License Access
Chapter 24. A Comparison between Enzymes and Solid State Catalysts	396	License Access
Chapter 25. Zeolite Modelling: Active Sites in Different Framework Structures and in Different Crystallographic Positions	441	License Access
Chapter 26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Window on the Catalyst Operating in the Reactor Environment	457	License Access
Chapter 27. Dissociative Chemisorption of Hydrogen Chloride at Cu(110): Atom-Resolved Time-Dependent Evidence for Transient States in the Formation of the “Final State” Stable Chloride Overlayer	479	License Access
Chapter 28. Recent Advances in Single-Site Photocatalysts Constructed within Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	492	License Access
Chapter 29. Structural Organization of Catalytic Functions in Mo-Based Selective Oxidation Catalysts	507	License Access
Chapter 30. Designing Active Sites for Surfaces: From Tightly Bound to Loosely Anchored	519	License Access
Chapter 31. Polynuclear Transition Metal Cluster Complexes Containing Tin Ligands: Precursors to New Heterogeneous Nano-Catalysts	534	License Access
Chapter 32. Selective Oxidation Using Gold and Gold–Palladium Nanoparticles	550	License Access
Chapter 33. Electronic Factors in Hydrocarbon Oxidation Catalysis	568	License Access
Chapter 34. The Importance of Selectivity in Ammoxidation Catalysis	577	License Access
Chapter 35. The Mysteries of Water in Catalyst Preparation: Solvent or Much More?	588	License Access
Chapter 36. Solid Acid Microporous H-SAPO-34: From Early Studies to Perspectives	604	License Access
Chapter 37. Strategically Designed Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts for Clean Technology, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development	623	License Access
Chapter 38. Catalysis by Lewis Acids: Basic Principles for Highly Stereoselective Heterogeneously Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions	639	License Access
Chapter 39. Recent Advances in XPS of Non-Conductors	651	License Access
Chapter 40. Electron Microscopy Studies of Structural Modulation in Micro- and Meso-Porous Crystals	667	License Access
Chapter 41. Extrapolating from Fifty Years of Dislocation Imaging – Reaching into the Core	687	License Access
Chapter 42. Turning Points in Understanding the Emission of Brilliant Light from Highly Defective GaN-Based Materials and Devices	698	License Access
Chapter 43. Electron Tomography: A 3D View of Catalysts and Nanoscale Structures	711	License Access
Chapter 44. Nano and Mesoporous Materials: A Study by HREM	727	License Access
Chapter 45. In Situ Direct Observation at Atomic Scale Twinning Transformations and the Formation of Carbon Nanostructures in WC	745	License Access
Chapter 46. A Survey of the Bi₂O₃–MoO₃ Binary System	754	License Access
Chapter 47. An Investigation of the Surface Structure of Nanoparticulate Systems Using Analytical Electron Microscopes Corrected for Spherical Aberration	778	License Access
Chapter 48. Design and Chance in My Scientific Research	795	License Access
Appendix 1. Tribute to John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	853	License Access
Appendix 2. John Meurig Thomas and the Royal Institution	855	License Access
Appendix 3. Sir John Meurig Thomas: An Unforgettable Person	856	License Access
Appendix 4. John Meurig Thomas on His 75th Birthday	858	License Access
Appendix 5. Remembering a Period of Work with Sir John Meurig Thomas	861	License Access
Appendix 6. Reflections on John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	863	License Access
Appendix 7. Bangor 1966–1969; Aberystwyth 1969–1973; Some Fond Reflections	866	License Access
Appendix 8. Aberystwyth 1970–1973. Reflections and Lessons Learnt	868	License Access
Appendix 9. Molecular Modelling Input to Organic Solid State and Zeolite Chemistry: Reminiscences (1975–84)	872	License Access
Appendix 10. Reflections of a Cambridge Undergraduate	876	License Access
Appendix 11. Sir John Meurig Thomas	879	License Access
Appendix 12. Getting the Details Correct	881	License Access
Appendix 13. Tribute to Sir John Meurig Thomas on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday	883	License Access
Appendix 14. Solid State Chemistry and the Edward Davies Chemical Laboratories	885	License Access
Subject Index		License Access